The Beguiled. 2017. Written and directed by Sofia Coppola

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The Beguiled. 2017. USA. Written and directed by Sofia Coppola. Courtesy of A24

The Beguiled. 2017. USA. Written and directed by Sofia Coppola. Based on the novel “The Beguiled” by Thomas P. Cullinan and the screenplay The Beguiled by Albert Matz and Irene Kamp. With Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst, Elle Fanning. DCP. 94 min.

Sofia Coppola adapts Thomas Cullinan’s novel, about a wounded Union soldier stranded at a girls’ school in Virginia towards the end of the Civil War, as a claustrophobic chamber piece. Coppola’s frames are overfilled with verdant vegetation, and lush greenery encircles the characters, forcing them ever closer together. Nicole Kidman and Kirsten Dunst lead a strong cast of actors at once attracted and repulsed by Colin Farrell’s maimed Corporal McBurney.

This film accompanies Sofia Coppola: A Tribute.

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